ATTACHMENT 2
DRAFT BILL EXCERPT –
BURBANK GLENDALE PASADENA REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST
EXCERPT:
SEC. 2. Section 6539.8 is added to the Government Code, to read:
6539.8. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, low and moderate-income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within those jurisdictions.
(2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Burbank- Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust, and shall be created and operated in accordance with this section; detailed in a future joint powers agreement. (b) (1) The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of a minimum of three directors. Those directors shall consist of members equally appointed by each of the three representative cities that are a party to the joint powers agreement.
(2) The board of directors shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in each calendar year. (3) (A) Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation. (B) Members of the board of directors may be reimbursed for actual expenses. Actual expenses shall be approved before they are incurred.
(4) (A) A member of the board of directors shall serve a minimum term of two years. (B) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, an individual shall fill the vacancy as outlined in the joint powers agreement. An appointment to fill a vacancy pursuant to this subparagraph shall be effective only for the remainder of the term of the office that became vacated.